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The Rafale M is ready for strike missions with stand-off weapons

Paris, France - The test launch of a Scalp EG missile has been successfully performed

The Rafale M, as the naval shipped version of the new French multirole medium-light fighter produced by Dassault, is now capable to perform attack missions with stand-off weapons. In fact, one of the aircraft currently under delivery took off recently from "Charles de Gaulle" air carrier and launched a Scalp EG missile over the Atlantic Ocean (it is the French version of the Storm Shadow adopted for...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 110445
Rome, Italy, 12/22/2004 18:26
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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